POWER Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6685 To provide for a matching funds waiver for formula grants and subgrants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 1, 2020 Mrs. MCBATH (for herself and Mr. CLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide for a matching funds waiver for formula grants and subgrants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Women 4 and Waive Emergency Requirements Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘POWER Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6685.IH H6685 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6685 IH SEC. 2. MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER FOR FORMULA GRANTS 1 AND SUBGRANTS UNDER THE FAMILY VIO- 2 LENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT. 3 (a) WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS FOR AWARDED 4 GRANTS AND SUBGRANTS.—At the request of a State (as 5 defined in section 302 of the Family Violence Prevention 6 and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10402)), the Secretary of 7 Health and Human Services shall waive— 8 (1) the non-Federal contributions requirement 9 under subsection (c)(4) of section 306 of the Family 10 Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 11 10406) with respect to the grants and subgrants 12 awarded in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to such State 13 and the eligible entities within such State under 14 such section or section 308 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15 10408); and 16 (2) the reporting requirements required under 17 such subgrants and grants that relate to such non- 18 Federal contributions requirement. 19 (b) WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS 20 AWARDED AFTER DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(4) of section 22 306 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 23 Act (42 U.S.C. 10406) shall not apply to a qualified 24 grant during the period of a public health emergency 25 declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6685.IH H6685 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6685 IH Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from 1 the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 (2) QUALIFIED GRANT DEFINED.—In this sub- 3 section, the term ‘‘qualified grant’’ means a grant or 4 subgrant awarded— 5 (A) after the date of the enactment of this 6 section; and 7 (B) under section 306, 308, or 309 of the 8 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 9 (42 U.S.C. 10406; 10408; 10409). 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:20 May 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6685.IH H6685 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS